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it's like time ain't going by like it used to. but -- >> hey. >> 18-year-old ricky pizano is a regular in the juvenile justice system. over the past four years he has spent a total of 266 days here in lake county juvenile. and more recently another 16 months at a residential placement facility in nevada. when he didn't return to his placement in nevada after a weekend home pass, ricky was picked up on a bench warrant. >> one of my boys, he got shot. i had to take him to the hospital. they ran my name at the hospital. i still had a warrant for placement. >> though he is now 18 and technically an adult, he will have to face the juvenile court one final time. >> when i think about sitting in the juvenile. i'm 18. as soon as i get out of here i'm on my own. a lot of younger kids are going home to mommy and daddy. i'm going back to the streets. i ain't going to lie or tell a fairytale. i'm going back to the streets. >> ricky began looking for kinship and guidance on the streets before he was even a teenager. >> my dad was incarcerated.
it's like time ain't going by like it used to. but -- >> hey. >> 18-year-old ricky pizano is a regular in the juvenile justice system. over the past four years he has spent a total of 266 days here in lake county juvenile. and more recently another 16 months at a residential placement facility in nevada. when he didn't return to his placement in nevada after a weekend home pass, ricky was picked up on a bench warrant. >> one of my boys, he got shot. i had to take him to the...
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where i'm from people are not used to be successful. two weeks after he gets released he's right back in that jungle. he changes. >> something i should have thought better. now it's like, i can do good in school, it's just like i can't be free long enough to finish a semester or just complete a class. >> it's the unusual or maybe never case that someone would just go out and start committing crimes and having this great school record. but it's hard to be good if you've already had a bet toward getting into trouble or all your friends are the type that are getting into trouble. and so it just becomes a way of life. in some neighborhoods it's almost like do unto others before they do it to you. >> i'm going to finish college. and i'm going to get my degree. probably go further than that and try to get my masters. my mom got her masters. she's going for her doctorate. so you know, got to do something like that. my parents are beautiful people. if you meet my parents, you would never think i would be going through the stuff like i've done i
where i'm from people are not used to be successful. two weeks after he gets released he's right back in that jungle. he changes. >> something i should have thought better. now it's like, i can do good in school, it's just like i can't be free long enough to finish a semester or just complete a class. >> it's the unusual or maybe never case that someone would just go out and start committing crimes and having this great school record. but it's hard to be good if you've already had a...
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you have been detained with us five times. you've been here for a total of 161 days. >> yeah. >> you didn't know that? you were on placement? >> yeah. >> for how long? >> nine months. >> you were at silver state for how long? >> 15 months. >> so what do you want the court to do with you? >> well, i want to go home, but it's probably not even a possibility right now. but i hope i can go home. if anything, get me a commitment here. don't send me across the street. if they send me across the street then i'll have an adult felony and then my life is going to be basically ruined if i get adult felony. >> over there they don't give a crap about rehabilitation. they're not going to want you o to go to placement or get counseling. they're not going to ask you what has happened in your life. they don't care. so at what point are you going to, like, let it soak through, maybe do something different? >> here in the juvenile court system there are more options available to kids than there are in the adult system. >> the whole truth and no
you have been detained with us five times. you've been here for a total of 161 days. >> yeah. >> you didn't know that? you were on placement? >> yeah. >> for how long? >> nine months. >> you were at silver state for how long? >> 15 months. >> so what do you want the court to do with you? >> well, i want to go home, but it's probably not even a possibility right now. but i hope i can go home. if anything, get me a commitment here. don't send...
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